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> Caste (varna) and jati are not about race. They’re culturally transmitted and not based on easily visible characteristics.

I mentioned in my other comment.

My understanding from a brief examination of published papers is the opposite.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285414433_Mapping_C... " Color and Caste Discrimination The belief in Aryan racial supremacy dominates social hierarchy practices in India.

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Compare these Tamil Brahmins[1] and Punjabi Dalits[2]. Punjab is in Northwest India, Tamil Nadu the extreme south. They’re the same skin color. You can tell from the abstract that article is trash just fro what it scare quotes. “genes”

[1] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil_brahmins_at_... [2] http://sanhati.com/articles/20079/

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